Peace economics can be defined as the use of economics to understand the causes and effects of violent conflict in the … international system and the ways that conflict can be avoided, managed, or resolved. This chapter surveys major subject areas of … peace studies; data sources and trends for interstate, intrastate, and extra-state conflict; the costs of conflict; the …

value of a coalition-based on the best or worst roommate in the coalition. In all cases, we determine the complexity of …

A game-theoretic model of repeated interaction between two potential adversaries is analyzed to illustrate how conflict … players. During each period, each adversary must decide to either stage an attack or not. Conflict ensues if either player … period of tranquility. When this happens, it is as if conflict has suddenly arisen without any apparent cause or impetus …